Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reach a great many students; so does the spirit of confrontation politics. It is only in the exam period that all Harvard students are dealing with the Harvard, and for each, it is the worst of Harvard because it is a crisis; when the crisis subsides we make better--or at least more pleasant and dignified--use of our energies...
...their curricular to satisfy the demands for "college-level" subjects. All services have some flexibility in this regard and are anxious to work with host institutions in search of agreeable compromise ground. The ability to do this varies among the services, however, largely because the Army is wedded--for better or for worse--to a two-year active duty obligation. Without being grossly imprudent personal managers, we cannot afford to take six months out of the two years--25 per cent of the ROTC graduates' productive time in service--to teach him the military skills which he must know...
...subjects that can only be defined as military (professional) skills--would not be an appropriate action for the Harvard faculty. I question whether the Harvard faculty would wish to engage in a witch hunt to identify and challenge all "weak courses" offered by the various departments of the university. Better, in my judgment, is an action by the faculty to cause a thorough reappraisal of the ROTC curricula, within the framework of flexibility available to each service, that would make the ROTC courses of acceptable quality...
...primary objectives of the laboratory will be to study the functioning of the reproductive system in order to find better methods of birth control. Research will extend from the development of eggs and sperm to the newborn...
...clear, as popular revolutions and domestic rebellions spread, that the Army will need to become bigger and better trained. As Sam Huntington points out: "Instead of small regular forces backed up by a large reserve and mobilization potential, the requirement now is for substantial, ready, professional forces in being." (Samuel Huntington, APSR, 1959, 1154-55). Some basic facts about ROTC underscore these tendencies...